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OSHA Fines Construction Firm $1.3M for 2 Deaths in Massachusetts

Federal workplace safety regulators on Wednesday proposed $1.3 million in penalties for the construction company that employed two men who died when they were struck by a dump truck and pushed into a 9-foot deep trench at a sewer project …

Report Finds Worker Deaths Increased in Nashville Housing Boom

An analysis by a Tennessee newspaper has found that a decline in safety inspections and ignored safety rules have led to an increase in worker deaths during Nashville’s housing boom. Citing state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration data, …

OSHA Proposes Penalties in Alabama Worker Deaths

Federal labor officials have issued safety violations to a construction company after two men working on a Montgomery freeway overpass fell to their deaths. Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that R.R. Dawson Bridge Co. in …